• Journal of the Society of Cosmetic Scientists of Korea
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• v.30 no.3 s.47
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• pp.369-375
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• 2004

In this study, liquid crystalline (LC) is formed using Gemini surfactant (GS) type and moisturizing effect in vivo is measured. $3.0\;wt\%$ of sodium dicocoyl ethylene diamine (PEG)-15 sulfate (SCD-PEG-15S) is used as GS and $4.0\;wt\%$ of hydrogenated dimer acid esters (HDAE) as booster. For stabilizers, $2.0\;wt\%$ of behenyl alcohol (BA) and $1.0\;wt\%$ of Iyso-lecithin (LyL) are utilized. It is stabilized in pH from 4.0 to 10.5 and the best condition is in pH 6.5. The value of viscosity is $8,000\pm500$ cP. The most excellent particles are formed within the range of 4.0 to 15.5 um. Formed LC is observed around LC particles using polarization microscope. It is also observed that lamellar gel network structure is formed around LC particles. Moisturizing effect is improved by $13.6\%$ (P<0.05) compared to control when measured 30 min later after coating samples. After 1 h, moisturizing effect is improved by 1$12.6\%$ (P<0.05) than control while showing $28.3\%$ (P<0.05) of improvement after 4 h. These results may be caused from that manufactured LC forms lamellar structure so that it has better water-holding ability and absorbance of oil increases. This formula could be utilized by delivery system (DS) on skin so that this technology can be applied for manufactuing pharmaceuticals and cosmetics.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.52 no.4
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• pp.157-162
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• 2009

An agar-liquefying bacteria (SC-22), which produces a diffusible agarase that caused agar softening around the colony was isolated from Daecheong lake in Korea. Chemotaxanomic and phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed the strain was classified as Cellvibrio mixtus SC-22. The isolate SC-22 showed maximal extracellular agarase activity with 58.5 U/mL after 48 h cultivation in the presence of 0.2% agar. It was observed that the isolate produced two kinds of extracellular and three kinds of intracellular isoenzymes. The major agarase was purified from the culture filtrate of agarolytic bacteria by ammonium sulfate precipitation, anion exchange and gel filtration column chromatographic methods. The molecular mass of the purified enzyme was estimated to be 25 kDa by SDS-PAGE. The optimum pH and temperature of the purified enzyme were pH 7.0 and $50^{\circ}C$, respectively. The agarase activity was activated by $Fe^{2+}$, $Na^+$ and $Ca^{2+}$ ions while it was inhibited by $Hg^{2+}$, $Mn^{2+}$ and $Cu^{2+}$ at 1 mM concentration. The predominant hydrolysis product of agarose by the enzyme was galactose and disaccharide on TLC, indicating the cleavage of $\beta$-1,4 linkage in a random manner. The enzyme showed high substrate specificity for only agar and agarose among various polysaccharides.

• KSBB Journal
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.55-62
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• 1994

Glucose oxidase(EC 1.1.3.4) was purified to electrophoretic homogeneity from Aspergillus niger by a combination of ammonium sulfate fractionation, ion exchange chromatography, and ultrafiltration. Two active fractions A and B, of glucose oxidase were obtained from the hydrophobic chromatography on phenyl sepharose CL-4B. The enzyme A and B were glycoproteins with the same denatured molecular weight of 78, 000 and had specific activities of 2, 191 and 1, 273-units/mg proteins, respectively. But the two enzymes showed differences in native molecular weight that was measured by HPLC gel filteration, maximum absorbtion wavelength and isoelectric point. The enzyme A oxidized $\beta$-D-glucose only and was resistant to sodium dodecyl sulfate. Activity optimum was found at $30^{\circ}C$ and pH 3.5. Also the enzyme A was inhibited greatly by $Hg^{2+}$(10mM). The results of chemical modification experiments suggested that cysteine and cystine residues might be involved in the active site of the enzyme A.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.39 no.3
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• pp.252-258
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• 2002

Transparent $TiO_2$ thin films prepared by sol-gel process using the modification of titanium(IV) alkoxide showed improved thermal stability and high refraction index. Compared to the pure $TiO_2$ film, the modified $TiO_2$ films show the increased index of refraction under proper condition at pH 2.5. Transparency of these $TiO_2$ thin films were more than 80% in the visible region. It has been demonstrated that the reaction occurs in the amorphous phase: an exchange of phase results in anatase before and after 400$^{\circ}C$, in rutile over 700$^{\circ}$C form the XRD results. The particle sizes, shapes and structures of these nanoclusters in the $TiO_2$ films have been identified through a SEM and XRD. The physical properties and structures of their powders have also been studied through a SEM, XRD, TGA and DSC. The thickness and index of refraction have been determined by the analysis of ellipsometric spectra.

• Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.265-272
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• 2011

Even though concrete is the most important material for building structures, its intrinsic gray color degrades urban esthetics. In order to improve this problem, coloring methods of mixing pigment in concrete batch and painting the surface of concrete surface have been tried. However, applications of the coloring methods in construction field are difficult due to high cost and low durability. Recently, acid stain agent is emerging as a new coloring method for concrete. It is able to apply a remarkably thin colored layer on a concrete surface from chemical reaction between acid and alkaline solutions. This study has examined the changes and variations of the surface layer of mortar specimen from chemical reaction of acid stained agents. The colors were changed into natural irregular stains according to aging. After the staining, no shape change was found from visible inspections. Microstructure of the colored surface applied with acid stained agent was much rougher than that of original mortar. When the colored layer was compared to original surface, crystals of hydrate such as $Ca(OH)_2$ and C-S-H gel were observed. Surface hardness was same or slightly higher in the colored layer. The value of pH was reduced by approximately 10%, weight contents of elements such as Ca, Si, and Al were low. In the chemical composition of the colored layer, the non-cement based elements of Mn, Cr, and Cu increased. Also, Fe and alkali elements of K and Na increased.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.41 no.1
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• pp.31-41
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• 1998

A carotenoprotein from the muscle of Ascidian (Halocynthia roretzi) was purified by ion exchange chromatography and gel filtration chromatography, and analyzed molecular weight, stability of pH and heat, effect of denaturing agents, amino acids and fatty acids composition. The purified carotenoprotein had absorption maxima of 463 nm and 439 nm. The carotenoprotein had an approxmimate molecular weight of 64.4 kDa in polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The amino acid compositions of carotenoprotein were mainly Gly (15.39%), Asn (11.31%), Gln (10.62%) and Ser (13.35%). The major fatty acids composition of carotenoprotein were $C_{16:1(n-7)}\;(15.4%)$, $C_{22:1(n-9)}\;(14.5%)$ and $C_{20:1(n-11)}\;(11.4%)$. The monounsaturated fatty acids (45.2%) contained abundant content compared to other saturated (38.1%) and polyunsaturated (11.7%) fatty acids.

• Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.229-235
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• 2003

A precursor of lithium manganese oxide was synthesized by mixing $(CH_3)_2CHOLi\;with\;Mn(CH_3COO)_2{\cdot}4H_2O$ in ethanol using a sol-gel method, then heat-treated at $400^{\circ}C\;and\;800^{\circ}C$ in air atmosphere. The condition of heat treatment was determined by thermogravimetric analysis/differential thermogravimetric analysis (TGA/DTA). The characterization of the lithium manganese oxide was done by X-ray diffraction (XRD) spectra and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The electrochemical characteristics of lithium manganese oxide electrode for lithium ion battery were measured by cyclic voltammetry (CV), chronoamperometry and AC impedance method using constant charge/discharge process. The electrochemical behaviors of the electrode have been investigated in a 1.0M $LiClO_4/propylene$ carbonate electrolyte solution. The diffusivity of lithium ions, $D^+\;_{Li}\;^+$, as determined by AC impedance technique was $6.2\times10^{-10}cm^2s^{-1}$.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2012.02a
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• pp.400-400
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• 2012

산화물 반도체는 넓은 에너지갭을 가지고 높은 이동성과 높은 투명성을 가지기 때문에 초고 속 박막 트랜지스터(Thin film transistor; TFT)에 많이 응용되고 있다. 그러나 ZnO 및 $In_2O_3$ 산화물 반도체를 박막트랜지스터에 사용할 경우 소자가 불안정하여 전기적 성질이 저하되고 문턱전압의 이동이 일어난다. TFT에 사용되는 산화물 반도체로는 GaInZnO, ZrInZnO, HfInZnO 및 GaSnZnO의 전기적 특성에 관한 연구가 많이 되었다. 그러나 titanium-indium-zinc-oxide (TIZO) TFT에 대한 연구는 비교적 적게 수행 되었다. 본 연구에서는 TFTs의 안정성을 향상하기 위하여 TFT의 채널로 사용되는 TiInZnO를 형성하는데 간단한 제조 공정과 낮은 비용의 용액 증착방법을 사용하였다. 졸-겔 전해액은 Titanium (IV) isopropoxide $[Ti(OCH(CH_3)_2)_4]$, 0.1 M Zinc acetate dihydrate $[Zn(CH_3COO)_2{\cdot}2H_2O]$ 그리고 indium nitrate hydrate $[In(NO_3)_3{\cdot}xH_2O]$을 2-methoxyethanol의 용액에 합성하였다. $70^{\circ}C$에서 한 시간 동안 혼합 하였다. Ti의 몰 비율은 10%, 20% 및 40% 로 각각 달리하여 제작하였다. $SiO_2$층 위에 2,500 rpm 속도로 25초 동안 스핀 코팅하여 TFT를 제작하였다. TIZO 박막에 대한 X-선 광전자 스펙트럼 관측 결과는 Ti 몰 비율이 증가함에 따라 Ti 2p1/2피크의 세기가 증가함을 보여주었다. TiZO 박막에 Ti 원자를 첨가하면 $O^{2-}$ 이온이 감소하기 때문에 전하의 농도가 변화하였다. 전하 농도의 변화는 TiZO 채널을 사용하여 제작한 TFT의 문턱전압을 양 방향으로 이동 하였으며 off-전류를 감소하였다. TiZO 채널을 사용하여 제작한 TFT의 드레인 전류-게이트 전압 특성은 on/off비율이 $0.21{\times}107$ 만큼 크며 이것은 TFT 소자로서 우수한 성능을 보여주고 있다.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.41 no.3
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• pp.253-258
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• 2004

Non-aggregated nanoscale $\alpha$-Al$_2$O$_3$ powders were prepared successfully by polyacrylamine (PAA) gel method. The method was very simple and polymer network inhibited the aggregate of $\alpha$-Al$_2$O$_3$ powders. In this investigation, nanoparticles of $\alpha$-Al$_2$O$_3$ with a diameter of about 8-15 nm were fabricated by calcining the gel precusors with various concentrations of aluminum sulfate, acrylamide and N,N'-methylene-bis-acrylamide (BIS) in air at 110$0^{\circ}C$ for 2 h. The molar ratio of aluminum sulfate to acrylamide did not have any influence on the size of particles. On the other hand, as the molar ratio of BIS to acrylamide increased, the size of nanoparticles decreased.

• Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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• v.27 no.6
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• pp.295-302
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• 2017

In this study, the effect of pre-curing process on the enhancement of mechanical properties of IGCC-slag-based-geopolymer was studied. Pre-curing is a process in which the green geopolymer is left at room temperature for a certain period of time prior to the high-temperature curing, and it is known as increasing the strength of a specimen. Therefore, in this experiment, the compressive strength of the geopolymers was measured according to various pre-curing conditions, and microstructure and crystal phase changes were observed by SEM and XRD, respectively. The W/S ratio was determined to be 0.26, which can offer the maximum geopolymer strength with easy molding ability, and the concentration of the alkali solution was 15 M. Pre-curing was performed at room temperature for 0 to 27 days. Compressive strength of the geopolymer made with pre-curing process increased by 36~87 % compared with the specimens made with no pre-curing process. Those improved compressive strength for the pre-cured geopolymer was confirmed owing to promotion effect of pre-curing process on generation of C-S-H gel and zeolite phases, which were analyzed using by XRD and SEM measurement.